Thesaurochrysonicochrysides

Latin

Alternative forms

• Thensaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs (pre-Classical)

Etymology

Coined by Plautus, from a compound of thesaurus (“treasure”) +‎ Chrȳsonīcus +‎ Chrȳsidēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰeː.sau̯.ro.kʰryː.so.niː.koˈkʰryː.si.deːs/, [t̪ʰeːs̠äu̯rɔkʰryːs̠ɔniːkɔˈkʰryːs̠ɪd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.sau̯.ro.kri.so.ni.koˈkri.si.des/, [t̪es̬äu̯rokris̬onikoˈkriːs̬id̪es]

Proper noun

Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs m sg (genitive Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidis); third declension

1. (humorous) A nickname given to Theodoromedes, a fictional character in Plautus' Captivi, in reference to his avarice and audacity.
   • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 285–633:

     Heg. Quid erat eī nōmen? Phil. Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs. […] Heg. Fuitne huic pater Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs?

     Heg. What was his name? Phil. Thesaurochrysonicochrysides. […] Heg. Wasn’t his father called Thesaurochrysonicochrysides?

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs
genitive	Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidis
dative	Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidī
accusative	Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidem
ablative	Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳside
vocative	Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs

References

• “Thēsaurŏchrȳsŏnīcochrȳsĭdes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Thēsaurŏchrȳsŏnīcŏchrȳsĭdēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.